NNWN / Geneva, 2017-09-26
Despite facing challenges in the restive northeastern Nigeria due to Boko Haram insurgency, the World Health Organization has completed mammoth cholera vaccination campaign in the region which reported 54 people loosing their lives due to cholera.
The WHO on Tuesday said that it...

NNNW / New Delhi, 2017-09-26
Taking suo motu congisance of the violence in Banaras Hindu University , the National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary and BHU Vice-Chancellor seeking a report on the matter.They have been asked to include the details of...

NNWN / New Delhi, 2017-09-19
Women and Child Development minister Maneka Gandhi said that there is an urgent need to improve the quality of supplementary nutrition and also make the delivery system efficient. Speaking at the day long conference on Mission mode to address under nutrition...

NNWN/ New Delhi, 2017-09-19
It is a big challenge to keep the highest battlefield in the world clean and hygienic. In line with the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Army has been continuously making efforts to move waste out of the glacierso that these do not become environmental...

NNWN / New Delhi, 2017-09-18
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Sardar Sarovan Dam to the nation, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) described it as "drama" stating that it was a complete failure. Modi on Sunday dedicated the Sardar Sarovar Dam to the nation on...

NNWN / Bengaluru, 2017-09-16
Child rights activist and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi said in his tweet that several lawyers have pledged not to take cases of alleged rapists and those who are allegedly involved in child cases and instead would appear free of cost for victims...

NNWN/ Islamabad, 2017-09-15
Not good news coming from Pakistan. Pakistan may face drought by 2025. According to experts, Pakistan may will approach the “absolute scacity” level of water by 2025. A warning by the reputed Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources has made the grim...

NNWN / New Delhi, 2017-09-15
The National Human Rights Commission has extended the last date by ten days from 15th September to 25th September, 2017 for receipt of entries for its Short Films Award Scheme – 2017. This is the final extension and no entries will...

NNWN / New Delhi, 2017-09-14
As part of its efforts to ban NGOs, educational institutions not complying with the FCRA registration rules, the Centre has barred several prominent universities, education institutions and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from receiving foreign funds after they reportedly failed to file their annual...

NNWN / New Delhi, 2017-09-14
It must have come as a sigh of relief for these 15 juveniles who were rescued from the New Delhi Railway Station by the police and NGO activists on Wednesday. The Non-Governmental Organisation, Sathi had approached the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of...

NNWN /Mumbao, 2017-09-12
Do you know who is Annabel Mehta? Mehta is a veteran social activist who runs an NGO Apnalaya. Activist Mehta has dedicated more than 40 years to Apnalaya as Honarary Treasurer. She has been awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the...

NNWN / Mumbai, 2017-09-12
What has Mission 24 for Mumbai's M east ward any thing to do with former Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Well Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar whose mother in law on is associated with Apnalaya NGO, launched -Mission 24 for Mumbai's M east...

Press Release

Record production of food grains in 2016-17:Radha Mohan Singh

NNWN/ New Delhi, 2017-07-14

Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that there has been a record production of food grains in 2016-17 and all previous records were broken.Singh said as per the Third Advance Estimates food grain production in the country has increased to 273 MT in 2016-17, oil seeds to 32.5 MT, and sugarcane to 306 MT. Fruits and Vegetable production has increased to 287 MTs, according to the Second Advance Estimate. He was speaking at the National Summit on Smart Agriculture Marketing Solutions to Double the Farmers Income organised in Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry FICCI in Delhi on Friday.

Research

Good news for those who drink green tea . A compound found in green tea may have lifesaving potential for patients with multiple myeloma and amyloidosis, who face often-fatal medical complications associated with bone-marrow disorders.

Published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the research has raised hopes of those…

Good news for lung cancer patients. US authorities have approved a “breakthrough” to treat advanced non small cell lung cancer. The drug called Keytruda (pembrolizumab) was tested on approximately 500 patients with non-small cell lung cancer. With this development, patients suffering from lung cancer can heave a…